last day of school

i only got 1 picture with a teacher today on this last day of school.
and lucky it was ella because she is a little emotional about leaving her beloved 1st grade teacher.
she is amazing, and ella has had a wonderful year.

 we had a little swim party at our house after school.
each of the kids invited a few friends, minus andrew who went out with some friends in his class.

 so we had a bunch of 5th grade boys and a bunch of 1st grade girls and some very sweet moms.
oh and some kindergarten boys and little siblings too.
pizza and popsicles, swimming, basketball, baseball, playing in our front tree and just hangin' out.
they pretty much did it all.

 the big boys played basketball, baseball, swam and then a little video gaming.
john-john wanted to do one car race before his nap.
it was pretty cute when christopher said 'ok, john remember how we do it', and they got in position...

 and it makes me happy that these 5th graders still hang out and set up legos together too...

it was a nice change of pace from going to peter piper (a birthday party last saturday at chuckie cheese was enough for me to last for quite awhile)

and it was a good way celebrate the last day of school.

next on the agenda is christopher's championship baseball game tonight.
remember his team won the basketball championship this year?
well his baseball team has now made it to the finals too.
i'll report the results next week.
go d-backs and welcome summer!!